St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-16
zoology The quality of the work done

| zoology. The quality OF the work done
by the young women is pronounced by
the instructors to be fully equal in all
respects to that accomplished by Harvard
| young men in the same courses. No
difference is observed in the intellectual
ability of the two sexes, and if there is a
| difference in the power of application, it
is held to be in favor of the young
women.
| For six years the annex occupied hum
BILE rented quarters on the Appian Way
"a particularly insignificant street to
bear so brave name. Last year the Fay
house was bought for 100000, as per-
manent home for the annex. 1t is close
by the famous elm where General Wash
ington took command of the American
army in 1715. 1t is fifty rods west of
Harvard College, and like distance from
the Longfellow mansion. 1t is digni-
fed, picturesque old house, built in the
early part of the present century, and
stands in the midst of spacious and
well shaded grounds. 1t is admi
rably adapted to the purposes of the
annex. The first floor has a broad hall,
with a quaint staircase, a stately draw
ingrOom, a recitation-roOm and a re-
fectOry where the students may get cup
of tea or coffee and find opportunity to
eat their own midday lunch, besides am
pie dressing-rOOms. On the second
floor are three reCitation-rO rooms, a con-
versation-roOm, and the office of the sec
rotary. In one of the rooms on this floor
was written Fair Harvard" the song
which is so popular at every Harvard
commencement. 1t was written by Rev.
Samuel Gilman, D. D., for the 200th an
nivcrsary of the college in 1886. A copy
Of the song, and portrait of its author,
were. in January, 1886, presented to the
annex by Mrs. Caroline Howard Gilman,
and form an interesting decoration of the
room where the song was written, half
century ago. The third floor
contains the library-the pleasantest
room in the house-the chemical and phys
ical laboratories and the botanical room.
The furnishings are in harmony with
the quiet dignity of the institution, and
there are many gifts from friends of the
annex. The main hall is decorated with
several fine casts from Mic Eael Angelo
and from the antique. One, of friese
in the Parthen1n, is the git, of Hon
Martin Brimmer. The draWing-roOm
contains busts of Hermes and of the We
nus de Milo, and large copy of Titian's
Bella Donna" hangs over the mantle. A
fine carbon photograph of Guido's "Au-
rora' hangs in one of the recitation-rooms.
In the library there is an interesting series
Of portraits of distinguished authors,
bearing their autograph signatures, pre-
sentedby ColonelT Higginson. A small
landscape in one of the halls--the gift of
Miss Sarah Freeman Clarke-was painted
by that English woman artist who is said
to have been the original of George
EliOt's DOrothea Casaubon The library
has perhaps 1000 well-selected volumes,
and is steadily growing into valuable
collection. Two cases contain the Bessie
Hincks memorial-300 volumes of mod
ern English classics, presented by Gen
eral t. W. Hincks, in memory of his
daughter, who was one of the bestowed
members of the class of 1887, and was
burned to death in July, 1885.
Mr.. Arthur Gilman, who with his wife
is responsible for the creation of the
Harvard Annex and who has been its
head and manager from the beginning, is
born educator as we'll as literary man
of high attachments. He is native of
Illinois, coming of an old New England
family whose progenitOrs came to Bos-
ton in 1888, two years after the birth of
Harvard College. Born in 1887, he was
educated in New York and began his &C
tive career as Il banker in thai city. His
nealth failing. lie removed to West
ern Massachusetts,, Where he spent